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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D2589	01/12/1959

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
3' 9" engines	01/12/1959

Wheel Arrangement

0-6-0

Builder

Hunslet Engineering Co. Ltd.

To Service

01/12/1959 to Wakefield (56A)

Withdrawn

30/12/1967

Time in Service

8 yrs , 29 dys

Cut Up

m/e 12/1968

Cut At

Campbells (Airdrie)

Status

Scrapped

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
56A	Wakefield (New)	on	01/12/1959
56B	Ardsley	w/e	11/01/1964
51C	West Hartlepool	w/e	25/01/1964
64B	Haymarket	4w/e	22/04/1967
64H	Leith Central	4w/e	27/05/1967
62A	Thornton Junction	4w/e	26/08/1967
	Withdrawn	on	30/12/1967

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
01/12/1959	v	Vacuum brakes

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
01/12/1959	To Service	To service as British Railways number D2589 Built at Hunslet Engineering Co. Ltd. Allocated to Wakefield (56A)
11/01/1964	Allocation	Reallocated to Ardsley (56B)
25/01/1964	Allocation	Reallocated to West Hartlepool (51C)
22/04/1967	Allocation	Reallocated to Haymarket (64B)
27/05/1967	Allocation	Reallocated to Leith Central (64H)
26/08/1967	Allocation	Reallocated to Thornton Junction (62A)
30/12/1967	Withdrawn	Condemned as 2589
12/1968	Scrapped	Broken up by Campbells: Airdrie

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